Japan's 'Sunrise
Plan' Could
Require Solar
Panels on All
New Buildings by
2030

24-May-2011

Prime Minister Naoto
Kan is considering a
plan to require all
new buildings in
Japan to install
solar paneling by
2030. The plan,
which would cover
all new homes and
commercial
buildings.

Nuclear power isn't
exactly popular
right now in Japan,
so the government is
looking at other
sources of power to
secure the country's
future energy needs.
A new initiative
called the "Sunrise
Plan", which isn't
yet in force but
should be announced
this week at the G8
in France, could
help the land of the
rising sun turn
toward solar energy
for more of its
electricity.

This could help
Japan regain the
solar leadership
that it lost to
Europe some years
ago, and it could
eventually lead to
cheaper solar panels
through economies of
scale (at first it
could drive prices
up, but the industry
should react by
increasing
production
capacity).
This wouldn't solve
Japan's energy
problems as long as
there isn't a way to
efficiently store
all that solar
power, but it would
certainly help
increase clean
energy production.
And who knows, maybe
by 2030 solar panels
will be cheap enough
$/watt that Japan
wont be alone in
deploying it on new
constructions...

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